Ali ATAYA, Head of the E-Government Unit, Lebanon - "Open source technologies to improve the relation between the Lebanese Administration and the Citizen".

Alexandre Zapolski, Linagora,

Alfonso Castro, Microsoft

2) OW2 Project Spotlight - See moreTechnology presentations, including project demonstrations and feedback from end-users based on OW2 projects ;latest news on OW2 flagship projects and new projects presentations.

3) Big Data - See moreBig data is recognized today as a new IT trend. It requires exceptional technologies to efficiently process large quantities of data within tolerable elapsed times. Presentations in this track provide an overview of solutions proposed by OW2 technologies or external projects that help solve the problematic of large-scale data.

4) OW2 Use Cases and Success Stories - See morePresentations based on real world use cases of OW2 components and platforms: Production of projects by end-users within OW2; Solutions by systems integrators deployed within OW2; Integration of OW2 projects in commercial offerings.

5) Open Source Cloud - See moreTechnical- and business-oriented presentations focusing on open source cloud computing, proposed by members participating in the OW2 Open Source Cloudware Initiative (OSCi) or external technology experts.

6) Quality in open source: the SQuAT Initiative (Software Quality Assurance and Trustworthiness) - See moreThe SQUaT (Software Quality Assurance and Trustworthiness ) initiative has been launched in 2010 by OW2 in order to improve the perceived quality of the code which is downloaded from OW2. Presentations in this track will focus on the tools proposed to help projects produce reports on the quality of the code and/or first results and milestones of the SQUaT initiative.

7) Round Table "Open Cloud" - See moreSeveral technology round tables will be organized for more interactivity with participants during OW2con. A list of topics will be proposed before the conference.